Micheal Brown deserved to be shot.

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A prosecutor should always push for indictment. Honestly, I don't believe police officers should have to be indicted. There should automatically be a trial. It should always be in another jurisdiction where the prosecutor/judge/jury doesn't know the officer. Police officers are walking around with lethal weapons and granted a license to kill, because they are charged with protecting the community and upholding the law. With this higher power should come greater responsibility. They should be held to higher standards than your average citizen. What people seem to be missing here is that it doesn't matter if you think Brown deserved to be shot or not. It doesn't matter which side you're on.
The riots have made it clear that something has to change. When the people distrust the police society will crash and burn every time. When the government refuses to scrutinize the police up to the standards demanded by society all hell will break loose. This isn't about Michael Brown. It is about a system that is flawed. It is about a nation where citizens fear the police more than they fear the criminals. It's something that needs to change.

No, the prosecutor shouldn't always push for an indictment. That's how innocent people wind up in jail, the courts get cluttered up with frivolous and unwinnable cases, and cost the taxpayers and innocent defendants millions of dollars in legal costs. Plus You don't want a trial if you don't think there is a good chance of conviction. If the case is weak and a criminal trial results in an acquittal the courts don't get a second chance at it. It is over. On the other hand Darren Wilson can still be indicted and tried at this point should new evidence become available.

As far as all police shooting going to trial that's just silly. Yes police officers should be held to higher not lower standard. Yes there should be an independent investigation by an unrelated agency. But you are saying the cop that just shot somebody while they were in middle of murdering a bus load of kids should be charged with a crime and tried.